Alabama's 24th Senate district explained

State:	Alabama
District:	24
Chamber:	Senate
Representative:	Bobby Singleton
Party:	Democratic
Residence:	Greensboro
Percent White:	37.0
Percent Black:	58.1
Percent Hispanic:	2.2
Percent Asian:	0.9
Population:	145,275
Population Year:	2022
Notes:	^[1]

Alabama's 24th Senate district is one of 35 districts in the Alabama Senate. The district has been represented by Bobby Singleton, the Senate Minority Leader, since a special election in 2005.

Geography

The district covers the entirety of Choctaw, Greene, Hale, Marengo, and Sumter counties, and a portion of Tuscaloosa County.^[2]

Election history

Earlier elections

Following Reynolds v. Sims in 1964, which ruled that electoral districts of state legislatures must be roughly equal in population, the Alabama Senate was reapportioned to elect 35 Senators from 26 districts.^[3] District 24 became a multi-member district, comprising Mobile County and electing 3 Senators using plurality block voting.^[4] Following a further court case in 1972, the district, along with all others in the Alabama Senate, was reapportioned to a single-member district for the 1974 election.^[5]

District officeholders

Senators take office at midnight on the day of their election.^[6]

• Bobby Singleton (2005–present)
• Charles Steele Jr. (1994–2004)
• Walter Owens (1990–1994)
• Earl Goodwin (1983–1990)
• Chip Bailey (1978–1983)^[7]
• Sam L. Adams (1974–1978)^[8]

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• 1966:^[9]
  • Mylan R. Engel
  • Pierre Pelham
  • William H. McDermott

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• 1970:^[10]
  • L. W. Noonan
  • Pierre Pelham
  • Robert S. Edington

• James S. Clark (1958–1966)^[11]
• George E. Little (1954–1958)^[12]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Census profile: State Senate District 24, AL . Census Reporter . 8 August 2024 . en.
2. Web site: McClendon Senate Plan 1 . Alabama Secretary of State . 8 August 2024.
3. Web site: Stewart . William . Redistricting in the South . . 8 August 2024 . 6.
4. Book: Alabama Legislature . Journal of the Alabama Senate, 1965 (second and third special sessions) . 1975. Alabama Legislature . 312.
5. News: U.S. COURT REVISES LINES IN ALABAMA . 8 August 2024 . The New York Times . 4 January 1972.
6. Web site: Alabama Senate . Encyclopedia of Alabama . 8 August 2024.
7. Book: Alabama Legislature . Journal of the Alabama Senate, 1979, volume 1 (organizational, special, and regular sessions) . 1979. Alabama Legislature . 4.
8. Book: Alabama Legislature . Journal of the Alabama Senate, 1975 (organizational and first, second, and third special sessions). 1975. Alabama Legislature . 4.
9. Book: Alabama Legislature . Journal of the Alabama Senate, 1967 (organizational and special sessions). 1967. Alabama Legislature . 4.
10. Book: Alabama Legislature . Journal of the Alabama Senate, 1971 (third special session). 1971. Alabama Legislature . 770.
11. Book: Alabama Legislature . Journal of the Alabama Senate, 1959, volume 1 (organizational, special, and regular sessions) . 1959. Alabama Legislature . 6.
12. Book: Alabama Legislature . Journal of the Alabama Senate, 1956 (special session) . 1956. Alabama Legislature . 352.